Oct 06 2008
A Cup of Tea
Hi everyone, we’re back from Tennessee. What an action packed weekend! I arrived in Nashville Saturday around noon and met up with my husband and son for lunch at Chili’s. We spent the afternoon together and attended the Vanderbilt/Auburn game. What an exciting game it was! Go Dores!!!!
Today’s card is one I made a few months ago for my mom’s birthday. Mom loves hot tea! She also loves girly cards and this one is exceptionally girly!
The real china tea cup was a birthday gift from a dear friend of mine that loves to attend “tea” luncheons. It’s such a beautiful teacup and saucer, I used it for inspiration for the teapot and teacups that I watercolored. The lace doily is actually a paper dessert doily that I bought at the grocery store. I trimmed it to fit in the corner.
- Stamps: Elegant Greetings (SU)
- Paper: Whisper White, Almost Amethyst, Gold, Canson Cold Pressed 140 lb. Watercolor Paper
- Ink: Versamark
- Accessories: Flowers (Michael’s), Ribbon (SU), Pearls (JoAnn), Lace Doily (grocery store), Dimensionals (SU), Scor-It, Fiskars Paper Trimmer, Tombow Markers, Legend Watercolor Brush, Ranger Gold/Gold Tinsel EP, Heating Tool, Glue Dots
This is sooooo beautiful! My daughter would love this! We used to have tea parties when she was little. Those days are gone with her being away at college, but she has her fancy china tea cup from her boyfriend and we can still enjoy a tea party when she comes home during breaks!
What a beautiful card. I’m so impressed with all your gorgeous watercolors. What a treat to visit your site.
You are so inspiring! This picture and your superb card paint the picture in my mind of setting down to tea with the perfect china, friends and flavors! Your coloring and shading is on another level. I can’t wait to see what you create next!
OMG! Your cards are just so beautiful! I absolutely LOVE this…so elegant! Thanks for sharing!
Oh, I love it. I collect teapots and cup and saucers. Our local Ronald McDonald House has a Cup ‘O Cheer homes tour each November. After touring the homes you go to RM House for tea and goodies and you get to keep your cup and saucer. Really good fundraiser for them. My sister and I are looking forward to this year’s tour. Thanks for sharing your beautiful card-love the doily and your mom is sure to love it. tfs
Wow! Such a lovely card. You are truly an inspiration. I love visiting your site. Your work is supurb.
Kit
Oh Jerri I so love this! I love giving tea parties and I brought my granddaughters and now great-granddaughters up with tea parties. We have one every night they spend with me.
What an adorable stamp and card design. Your water coloring is just breath taking.
I know your Mom was thrilled!
Joan
stunning as can be Jerri!!!
Another truly wonderful creation, Jerri. Your china is even lovelier than the real thing.
Marion, UK
This is so pretty love the lace doily I love coming to you’re site every day.
OMG they keep coming and keep outdoing your own work. You are amazing!
Jerri, what a lovely card and yes, it is very girly. I know your mother loved it…would look really pretty framed!
Pinky
This one would have to be framed. Art that beautiful needs to be hanging in a museum!
Man, Jerri, your card looks like a photo of the cup and saucer - did you put all those flowers on the cup and saucer on the card! Man, you mom must have been thrilled. Beautiful, just beautiful.
So elegant and beautiful!
Beyond exquisite! Just love those incredible stamps!
Jerri, this is incredible…………..love everything about it!!!
Pam
Oh my goodness!!!!! I adore these images. I love tea sets and coffee sets and have a few irl. I would love to try and paint these images. Jerri, you just absolutely stun me with your gorgeous work.
Wow! I love this card! My mother would adore this card as much as I do. Your watercoloring is fantastic. Is the teacup and tea pot a stamp or did you draw it? Fantastic and such a joy to see.
Heather
Oh my goodness how beautiful!!! I love it!!
Love your card, my two little granddaughters and I have tea parties when they come to visit. Your cards are alway so pretty, thanks. Charlene Wiley
This is so dainty and classy and soft and feminine all at once. I know your mom must have loved it.
Hope you had a great time!
Beautiful Jerri! Love your inspired teapot….what a gorgeous card for your Mom! The pearls and flowers are just the perfect touch for your elegant girly card!
Awesome tea card. I’ll bet your mom loved it! …welcome back from TN!
OMG, Jerri, this is soooo fabulous!!! O love the sweet, dainty tea set ….sooo girly with the doily, pearls, and gorgeous ribbon!!! Beautifully done!!!
What a great idea to get the colors from an actual tea cup! It’s funny how the patterns match.
That’s also a good idea to use an actual doily. I always use my Fiskars circle border punch & make faux doilies.
And that was an exciting game. Glad you had a good time. I really wanted Auburn to lose, so it was nice your team won.
Oh, Jerri, this is just LOVELY! What a perfect match to the teacup too…remarkable!
it’s the most beautiful card, i hope you give us the tutorial
Gosh, this is gorgeous and it looks vaguely familiar — LOL!!! LOVE this teapot!!!! What a beautiful card for your mother and I am sure she treasurers each and every creation you give her!!! Truly beautiful work, as always!!!
So very wonderfully girly and purely delightful! I absolutely love it and I’m sure your Mom did, too!
How wonderfully Victorian. I know your mother must cherish this card, Jerri. It’s absolutely beautiful.
ilove your work its great